Politics in 70125 New Orleans, LA, is an important part of the city's culture. The area is represented by a variety of local and national politicians at both the state and federal levels. Local elected officials include members of the Louisiana State Legislature, Congressmen for the US House of Representatives, Senators for the US Senate and representatives on the Orleans Parish Council. These officials are responsible for making sure that the voices of their constituents are heard in government decisions. Additionally, they are tasked with ensuring that areas in and around 70125 receive adequate resources to address issues of safety, health care, education and other needs associated with living in this area.
The political climate in Zip 70125 (New Orleans, LA) is very liberal.
Orleans County, LA is very liberal. In Orleans County, LA 83.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 83.1% to 15.0%.
Orleans county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70125 (New Orleans, LA) is very liberal.
New Orleans, Louisiana is very liberal.
Orleans County, Louisiana is very liberal.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Louisiana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
New Orleans, Louisiana: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 70125 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,232 contributions totaling $88,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $91,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $698 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)